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FREER, Walter Edward Albert
Personal Details
Service Number: | 13781 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
Born: | Brompton Park, South Australia , 25 May 1903 |
Home Town: | Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Adelaide Commonwealth Bank - security guard |
Died: | Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 38 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Sydney Commonwealth Bank Adelaide WW2 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 13781, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre | |
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19 Nov 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 13781, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2, Australia's Northern Periphery |
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